How would Greg Gianforte have voted on the health care bill? I still, want to know, don’t you? There’s only three answers. For, against, or I’m still ready to answer. There, see, that’s how you avoid assaulting someone. Through the haze of yet another melodramatic event — in this case, a […]
The latest sign that America is a youth-obsessed culture? Men as young as their 30s have taken to “getting work done” so they don’t “age out of” their workplaces and careers. I wrote about this for CNBC.com recently. Ageism is one of the factors contributing to Americans’ general anxiety about […]
“There’s always something.” Heather Young, who my readers my might remember, spends a lot of her time thinking about money. She runs an online group designed to help women get their spending under control (The Frugal Females Challenge). But even for Heather, life happens. There’s weddings, bachelorette parties, and … […]
It’s not the economy, stupid. It’s the unwanted paycheck surprises, argues a new book. Unemployment is low, inflation is historically low, and even wages are perking up, leading many observers to believe the U.S. economy is humming along nicely. So why do many Americans say they are struggling? A new […]
If you are working too hard, and proud of it, you’re making a big mistake. Insedia.com recently asked me to examine this issue. “Sleep deprivation is your drug of choice. You might be a doer.” So says the subway ad bearing a young woman with the sexy, come-hither, empty stare […]
On Tuesday, “iPhone Queen” replaced “Welfare Queen” as an attack on lazy Americans who don’t want to pay for things. This attack is much broader, however. “So rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love and want to go spend hundreds of dollars on that, maybe they should […]
These numbers are staggering: During the span of about two generations, Americans who rent their homes have become twice as likely to be “house poor.” In 1960, 24% of renters were “cost burdened;” today, that figure is 50.6 percent, according to ApartmentList.com. This, at a time when America has […]
PUBLISHED Oct. 6, 2007 — Shopping malls are packed every weekend. Restaurants can’t open fast enough. Everyone seems to be wearing designer shoes, jackets and jeans and sipping $4 lattes. Credit card commercials constantly advocate splurging and, it seems, U.S. consumers are all too ready to comply. So what’s the […]
(“The Four-Income Family.” Daniel Clements, president of Insedia.com (where I am an advisor) used that phrase during a recent meeting I had with folks there about the future of American labor. It stuck in my craw, so I ended up writing a piece for Insedia talking about the issue. […]
It’s an old joke that’s quickly becoming reality for many student loan borrowers: “I’ll be paying off my student loans until I die.” During the past decade, there’s been a stunning rise in student loan debt owed by older Americans. The number of Americans aged 60 or older with one or […]
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